Case studies

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Industrial Design

How an industrial designer implements Shapr3D in his workflow

Claas Kuhnen is an industrial design professor at Wayne State University and he runs his own design consultancy studio. He is also one of the early adopters of Shapr3D. He shared with us how he fits Shapr3D into his workflow and where he sees the CAD industry is heading.Read more

Claas Kuhnen

Engineering & Product design

Becoming a 3D modeler from scratch and creating a hexabot

Dennis Ayotte is a data center specialist, who just picked up a new hobby: 3D printing. He achieved more in weeks with Shapr3D than in years with other tools. Read his story on how he plans to become a 3D modeler and how Shapr3D helps him on this journey.Read more

Daniel Rosner

Architect

Patrick Jouin on how he uses Shapr3D as designer

Patrick Jouin is one of France’s most acclaimed designers, and he has been one of the earliest customers of Shapr3D. He has shared with us how he uses Shapr3D in his workflow, and how it enabled him to communicate concepts more effectively to his team of designers and also to his clients.

Teaching ceramic prototype design with Shapr3D

Angelo is 63-year-old ceramic artist and teacher in Italy. He was tired of doing hand written sketches after 40 years and was looking for an easy-to-use, intuitive 3D modeling tool. That’s when he found Shapr3D.

A safety expert’s tunnel boring machine

Thierry is a civil engineer, who was looking for a 3D visualization solution for his underground safety projects. He built a whole tunnel boring machine and it’s surroundings from scratch, just to show his co-workers how he imagined the site.

3D printing case study: from idea to an actual 3D print

In October 2016 one of our users, Steven posted a 3D printed item on Twitter. He created it with Shapr3D and printed it with his Prusa i3. This is the story how he got from the idea to an actual 3D printed item in less than a few hours.

Case Study: Jewelry design with Shapr3D

How Rodrigo Otazu, fashion jewelry designer uses Shapr3D

Rodrigo Otazu is a jewelry designer, who designs jewellery for big brands like Swarovski, and many of his creations were worn by famous actors and singers like Madonna, Rihanna, Sarah Jessica Parker and Lady Gaga. For his designs, he uses Shapr3D.

Empowering small business owners in need of 3D modeling

Clifford Moon and his brother have a small business of creating BBQ pits. He had enough of scribbling down his drafts on pen & paper. During his search for a good CAD app, he found Shapr3D. He shared with us how mobile 3D modeling elevated his business to a new level.

Building a watch and jewelry brand in Shapr3D

Michael was an early user of Shapr3D, and also did one of the earliest purchases. His first activity is dating back to the summer of 2016. He has built a successful Kickstarter campaign since, and now working on his own automatic watch movements, so he doesn’t have to outsource and import it. This is his story.